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Injuries

Making Progress

March 9, 2010

Avert your eyes if you’re easily grossed out. Yep, this is a close up of my healing achilles incision. Did you really think I’d go through this experience without displaying this war wound? Dry, shriveled skin, swollen ankle…Not cute, I know. At least I shaved my leg before the photo op!

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Be Careful What You Wish For

March 7, 2010

I couldn’t wait to get my cast off. I only had it on for a couple of weeks, after the initial week in a splint, so I know it wasn’t long compared to breaking a leg or something, but I was ready to move to the boot. I somehow associated getting my cast off and [...]

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Ready to Get Back to Normal Life

March 2, 2010

I think I’ve been a pretty good sport with the whole crutches thing, but enough is enough. I’m ready for things to get back to normal. Aside from accidental trips and spills, I’ve followed my doctor’s orders perfectly. I am not walking on my foot. In fact, tomorrow will be two weeks since the surgery [...]

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Crutches are Not for the Weak

February 27, 2010

It’s been about a week and a half now and I’m starting to feel really sick of this. I had no idea how difficult is is for people on crutches. It certainly doesn’t help that I have no balance whatsoever. I am clumsy and uncoordinated. I fall, I knock things over, I make my husband [...]

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Surgery Day

February 19, 2010

It’s a few days post-surgery now. I’m not quite as drugged up as I was in the beginning, but it’s pretty painful if I don’t have some type of heavy paid medication in my system. I keep feeling like I’m a wimp for taking the medication, but if it’s available to me and I’m hurting, [...]

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Achilles Tendinosis

February 15, 2010

I’ve noticed a lot of visitors have found my blog when they are looking for information about achilles tendinosis. I can understand why. Achilles tendinosis is one of those injuries that’s rattled with grey area. There is no cut and dry, try this and you are guaranteed to feel better. Like so many others struggling [...]

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Achilles Surgery is Scheduled

February 6, 2010

Finally, surgery is a go! After a week and a half of waiting, my insurance company approved the TOPAZ surgery for my achilles tendinosis. My doctor warned me that sometimes insurance won’t cover it, so we’ve been in complete limbo waiting for their decision. If they weren’t going to cover TOPAZ, I would be discussing [...]

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Ding Dong – December is Over!

January 3, 2010

Since December is over, the dust is finally settling. I work for an online gift retailer and we’re so busy for Christmas, the entire month of December is always a blur. We’re a multi-million dollar “small” company, which means we’re “all hands on deck” for our busiest holidays. Regardless of our positions with the company, [...]

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Update

December 7, 2009

I know, I know, I haven’t posted for a while. I am finding it hard to be a mother runner when I am not actually allowed to run right now. I haven’t run in about a month and a half and the achilles is still hassling me. It hurts, and it hurts a lot when [...]

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This Too Shall Pass

November 12, 2009

I have been looking forward to running this weekend. I think that’s probably an understatement. I haven’t run since the Girlfriends Half Marathon on October 18th so I’m more than itching to get out there. The day after the half marathon, my podiatrist told me not to run for 4 weeks. I have been obedient [...]

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